Problems unite us, Religion divides us

While the statement says ‘problems unite us and religion divides us, ’ I would like to present a more balanced perspective.

Historically, religion was not created to divide people. It actually played a crucial role in organising societies. In earlier centuries, religion acted as a framework for governance, social order, and moral guidance, often tailored to specific geographies. For example, practices evolved based on local conditions, culture, and challenges people faced.

In that sense, religion originally united communities by giving them a shared identity, purpose, and value system.

However, over time, especially with conquests, migrations, and political interests, religion began to be used as a tool for differentiation and sometimes conflict. So the division we see today is less about religion itself and more about how it is interpreted or used.

In today’s globalised world, problems like climate change, gender inequality, education gaps, and economic instability are universal. These challenges cut across religions and clearly require collective action.

Therefore, I believe religion should remain a personal and individual choice, something that guides one’s values and self-reflection but should not interfere with social harmony or collective progress.

Ultimately, it is not religion that divides us, but the lack of evolved understanding. If we respect diversity while focusing on shared human problems, both religion and unity can coexist.

Hello Friends,

I totally agree with the fact that problems unite us, as we have seen many crises from the Kargil war to Operation Sindoor, and the Gujarat earthquake to the floods in Uttarakhand. People always unite together no matter what the religion or caste is because during a crisis, it's survival that matters.

We don't know who actually made the COVID-19 vaccine and what their religion was; we don't know who carries the secret untold missions to protect the sovereignty and integrity of India.

In fact, if we look at the global scale, India not only helps its allies but also any country in crisis, irrespective of the religion people hold there.

The idea that religion divides us, is not completely acceptable. It always depends upon the person perceiving it, the value he/she got from its house, the type of group of people they follow.

I love the concept of "SARV DHARMA STHAL" in the Indian defence forces, where mandir, masjid, gurudwara and church exist together in the same place, showing great unity in diversity.

I'm a Hindu, but I have immense love for Sikhism. Anyone and everyone can walk into the gurudwara irrespective of religion, caste, creed, or nation and have langar there.

I also appreciate the unity muslims posses during their religious practices. These days, you can also see the grand rallies of Hindus during Ram Navami, Hanuman Janmotsav etc.

In the end, I would like to conclude that religion was never meant to divide but to unite people through festivals, langar, good deeds, etc.

Yeah, I totally agree with this sentence that problems which are related to society unite us and religious factors divide us, and this is the point we should understand as an Indian citizen.

As citizens of this developing country, we should understand that we are the generation that can see things practically and allow a practical approach to solve issues instead of making unnecessary conflicts over unnecessary issues, which are totally irrelevant to mainstream topics, and that would be a bad sign to us. Hence, it is our responsibility to see things with respect to the nation's development and skip other irrelevant issues.

Hello, I am anjali.

Thank you for allowing me to be part of the group discussion.

I completely agree with the first half of the statement that problems unite us. We have seen many live examples in our past that prove this statement to be fully true.

Take the example of the Phalgham terror attack that happened in 2025. All the nation's members were united. People in Kashmir, irrespective of their caste and religion, helped and reassured each other.

So, when a problem arises, we forget religion and see each other as humans and try to save lives and property.

But I partly agree with the second half of the sentence, 'religion divides us' it is not the religion that divides us, but wrongly perceived religious values by people who act inhumanly and because of a few, we blame the whole religion but forget that there are equally good people in the same religion.

Thank you.

Hello, I am Disha.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak about an entirely true topic, and I completely agree.

I would like to agree on this topic by throwing some light on the recent protest at Delhi, Jantar Mantar, that united the whole student community together irrespective of any religion, caste and creed, etc demanding fairness in various examinations and accountability that the government should hold for the youth of our country. This incident strongly supports the first half of the statement that "Problems Unite Us".

Regarding the latter one, I think it is not religion or religious practices that separate us, but the people who sometimes forget that the relationship we all human beings hold among each other, and that is above any religion, is humanity. Everyone is free to follow any religion in this country, and it's the choice of every individual, but it should not be at the cost of disrespecting or discriminating against others for their own choices of following any religion.

So, I agree that various adverse situations unite us, but not truly believe that only the religion that divides us.